Contents of the COLCU.DOC file

IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!This program rewrites the User.Lst this is your all your User'sinformation for your Telegard system. Untill you're satisfied with theoperation of my program please back it up!!! You have been warned.

What does it do?This program does the same thing as the Glocolor (Global Color changer)but using the Telegard 2.7 data structurest the activity he was getting there.

Command line parameters?Color Changing Utility requires one parameter, the user number of theuser whose colors you want to impose on all the users. If the number is5 then User #5's color setup will be applied to all your current user'saccounts. Of note, new users will have their colors set to the defaultsetup you've defined. If you run COLCU but your defaults are not changednew users will have their's set to the default when they initially login.

Trying it out.As with any such utility you should try to check it out before you useit on your Vital data files. I recommend you take your User.Lst and copyit to a temp directory before you use these programs. If you think I'mbeing repetitive with all these warnings ... you're right, this is themost all your user's information, loosing it might be bad. I've takenall precautions to insure there is no damage, but the final precautionis in your hands. Also the program only writes a Temporary Data filetill the very end so even if you lose power when it's halfway throughprocessing the original User.Lst file will remain intact.

Program historyVersion 1.00 - Standard release.Version 1.01 - Fixes counter display problem. Version 1.00 worked but I can't stand having the display read wrong so this version fixes it.

That ol' legal stuff.As said in every Telegard utility. This programs is released without anywarranty at all. It works for me but if they don't work for you ...well, you know how to delete it. I cannot imagine any conditions wherethis program could damage your User.Lst file but if you don't back it upbefore trying it you have nobody to blame but yourself!

How much does it cost?It's a freebie. I'd like a low-priority Netmail saying you like thisprogram (if you DO actually like it) but it's not required. It does makeme feel good about writing such utilities though (are you feeling guiltyyet? )

Thanks go to ...Eric Oman for comming up with the concept of Glocolor in the firstplace and to Mark Terrace for suggesting I write a version for thecurrent version of Telegard.

The Source code? Forget it!

What the Hell have I written?Only a few little programs but what the heck here they are.

Filename: Randans (Written with Paul Monaco)Archive: R-ANS201.ZIPSize: 34,537What's it do?: Shuffles Files of any type. Telegard allows us to use 10random ANSI screens but let's say you want to shuffle more than 10? Ormaybe you want to randomize the Ascii files? Or the Blue Wave introfiles? Or the Logon.Msg file? The possibilities are only limited yourimagination.

Filename: ZloggerArchive: Zlogr_10.zipSize: 11,588What's it do?: Creates an Ascii output of the Zlog.Dat file exactly likeTelegard displays it. Can be set to only display a given amount of days.For Telegard 2.5i

Filename: ZloggerArchive: Zlogr_11.zipSize: 11,588What's it do?: Basically the same program as Zlogger version 1.00 butrecompiled with the Telegard 2.7 data structures

Filename: ZshrnkArchive: Zshrnk10.ZipSize: 8,264What's it do?: Cuts down the size of the Zlog.Dat file to a given numberof entries. Corrects Negative entries.

Filename: Turbo-statsArchive: TStats11.zipSize: 14,744What's it do?: Reads Status.Dat, Laston.Dat and Zlog.Dat to deliverdetailed system information without the hassle of bringing the BBSonline.

Filename: Turbo-BulletinArchive: TBull11.zipSize: 16,801What's it do?: Reads Status.Dat, Laston.Dat and Zlog.Dat to deliverdetailed system information bulletin in any of four formats (ANSI,Ascii, Graphics or Non-Graphics).

Filename: TG-ResetArchive: TGRSET16.ZIPSize: 16,821What's it do?: Externally resets Telegard's data files so that itdoesn't take up the time of the first user after midnight.

Filename: Add-Stats utility packageArchive: ADDSTATS.ZIPSize: 33,704What's it do?: Allows the sysop to change several of the Statisticsrecorded in the daily Zlog.Dat, including posts, usage, uploads,downloads, ect ...